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Ductor Dubitantium, or The Rule of Conscience In all her generall measures; Serving as a great Instrument for the determination of Cases of Conscience. In Four Books.
by Taylor, Jeremy
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About This Item
London: Printed by James Flesher, for Richard Royston 1660 First edition. Contemporary calf, ruled in blind, expertly rebacked and recornered. Title in gilt on spine. . Two volumes in one, folio. Engraved title and frontisportrait, engraved vignette of Jesus carrying a lamb on the title-page to the second volume. Printed title-pages for both volumes ruled in red. L6 in the second volume is a cancel, as usual, reflecting a change due to the Restoration of Charles II. Light intermittent dampstain at upper corner. A very good, clean copy. Ductor dubitantium was designed as a comprehensive manual of cases of conscience which would form a capstone to the English Protestant edifice already created by Sanderson, Hall, and Perkins. No longer would English clergy need to consult Roman Catholic casuists and run the risk of being misled by their 'probablism.' Taylor promised general rules from which every particular case could be resolve...Taylor believed that there is always a right answer in moral dilemmas, even if human reason cannot fathom it; and while offering the conventional teaching on the obligation of an 'erroneous conscience,' he placed an overwhelming emphasis on the duty of human reason to discern the good act, where 'good' is defined by rational nature and divine commands" (John Spurr in Dictionary of Seventeenth-Century British Philosophers).
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- Bookseller
- Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14618
- Title
- Ductor Dubitantium, or The Rule of Conscience In all her generall measures; Serving as a great Instrument for the determination of Cases of Conscience. In Four Books.
- Author
- Taylor, Jeremy
- Format/Binding
- Contemporary calf, ruled in blind, expertly rebacked and recornered. Title in gilt on spine.
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Printed by James Flesher, for Richard Royston
- Place of Publication
- London:
- Date Published
- 1660
- Pages
- [vi], xl, 559, [3, blank], 558, [1, errata and catalogue, with verso blank] pp
- Size
- Two volumes in one, folio
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB
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About the Seller
Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB
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Los Angeles, California
About Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB
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